Cognitive Psychology Introduction
Summary
TLDRThis video series aims to demystify cognitive psychology, exploring how the brain acquires and applies knowledge to influence behavior. The instructor offers an informal platform to discuss the basics of this fascinating field, emphasizing its relevance across various careers. Cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, and problem-solving, are highlighted, showcasing their universality and importance in everyday life, from learning to social interactions and clinical treatments. The videos are structured to cover topics, syllabus material, and deeper questions, providing a comprehensive yet accessible learning experience.
Takeaways
- 📚 The instructor is uploading videos to help students understand cognitive psychology better, as an alternative to uploading slides to Blackboard.
- 👨🏫 The videos are not official university material but are created by the teacher to aid in student comprehension.
- 🧠 Cognitive psychology is defined as the study of how the brain acquires and uses knowledge to produce behavior.
- 🔍 The term 'cognition' originates from 'cognoscere' in Latin, meaning 'to know', emphasizing the acquisition and use of knowledge.
- 👀 Knowledge acquisition occurs through the senses, with cognitive processes selecting relevant information from sensory input.
- 🤔 Cognitive processes include the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of information to achieve goals or solve problems.
- 🎯 Examples of cognitive processes in action range from basic needs like hunger to complex skills like playing an instrument or winning at chess.
- 🌐 Cognition is relevant in today's world of big data and ubiquitous information, affecting various aspects of life and society.
- 🧐 Cognitive psychology is a dominant paradigm in psychology, with wide-reaching implications for various professions.
- 🧐 The field also investigates how cognitive processes can go wrong, especially in clinical populations and in compensating for sensory loss.
- 📈 The videos will cover general talks, syllabus material, experiments, and deeper questions from the syllabus, structured for student engagement.
- 🎥 The instructor encourages students to choose which sections to watch, aiming for the videos to be informative and enjoyable.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the speaker in creating these videos?
-The speaker is creating these videos to help students understand the basics of cognitive psychology better, as an additional resource to the official university material.
Why does the speaker mention the issue with uploading slides to Blackboard?
-The speaker mentions the issue to explain why they chose to upload videos instead of slides, as each teacher creates their own slides based on department templates.
What does the speaker mean by 'cognition' in the context of cognitive psychology?
-In cognitive psychology, 'cognition' refers to the processes by which the brain acquires knowledge and uses it to produce behavior.
How does the speaker describe the acquisition of knowledge through our senses?
-The speaker describes it as a process where our senses take in information, and cognitive processes select the relevant and interesting information from the continuous stream of sensations.
What is an example of cognitive processes in action according to the speaker?
-An example given is experiencing hunger and deciding to eat something, which involves sensory experience as information and the goal of satisfying that hunger.
What does the speaker suggest about the ubiquity of cognitive processes in everyday life?
-The speaker suggests that cognitive processes are everywhere, from learning to play an instrument to winning at chess, and even in treating patients or navigating a disaster site.
How does the speaker relate cognitive psychology to the field of big data?
-The speaker relates cognitive psychology to big data by pointing out that in a world of abundant information, cognitive psychology is concerned with how this information is gained, attended to, stored, and manipulated.
What is the speaker's view on the importance of cognitive psychology in various careers?
-The speaker believes that cognitive psychology is crucial in various careers, regardless of whether one wants to be a therapist, work in marketing, become a researcher, or a social worker.
What is the structure of the videos according to the speaker?
-The structure of the videos includes a general talk on the topic, a review of material related to the syllabus and practical experiments, and an exploration of deeper questions at the end of each chapter.
How does the speaker encourage students to engage with the videos?
-The speaker encourages students to decide which sections of the videos they want to watch, hoping that the videos will be informative and enjoyable.
What is the speaker's intention regarding the official status of these videos?
-The speaker clarifies that these videos are not official university material but are created to supplement the students' understanding of cognitive psychology.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Videos
The speaker introduces a series of videos on cognitive psychology, explaining the rationale behind creating them instead of uploading slides to Blackboard. The videos aim to provide a deeper understanding of cognitive psychology's basics, as the speaker believes the field is essential for various career paths. The speaker emphasizes that while these videos are not official university material, they are intended to supplement students' learning experience. Cognitive psychology is defined as the study of how the brain acquires and uses knowledge to produce behavior, involving cognitive processes such as perception, attention, memory, and problem-solving.
🌐 The Ubiquity of Cognitive Processes
This paragraph delves into the pervasiveness of cognitive processes in everyday life and various fields, including the impact of big data and information overload. The speaker discusses how cognitive psychology is concerned with the selective acquisition, attention, storage, retrieval, and manipulation of knowledge. Examples are given to illustrate cognitive processes at work in different scenarios, such as a lab rat navigating a maze, a child learning to speak, a person focusing in a noisy environment, and even a robot searching for survivors in a disaster. The speaker also touches on the importance of cognitive psychology in understanding clinical populations, such as those suffering from depression, and in compensating for sensory loss, as in the case of deaf or blind individuals. The paragraph concludes by highlighting the broad applicability of cognitive psychology across various professions and the structure of the upcoming video series.
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Keywords
💡Cognitive Psychology
💡Blackboard
💡Syllabus
💡Perception
💡Information Processing
💡Cognition
💡Behavior
💡Sensory Experience
💡Clinical Populations
💡Deaf Cognition
💡Blind Cognition
Highlights
Introduction to cognitive psychology through video uploads due to the inability to share slides on Blackboard.
Cognitive psychology defined as the study of how the brain acquires and uses knowledge to produce behavior.
Cognition involves the selection of relevant and interesting information from continuous sensory input.
Cognitive processes include the storage, transformation, and strategic application of information to achieve goals.
Cognitive psychology's broad application in various fields and its importance in understanding everyday behaviors.
The significance of cognitive psychology in the context of big data and the ubiquity of information.
The role of cognitive processes in everyday activities, from eating due to hunger to learning to play an instrument.
Cognitive processes in strategic activities like winning at chess and social interactions for children with anxiety.
The application of cognitive psychology in clinical settings, such as treating patients and understanding cognitive processes in depression.
Research on cognitive processes in individuals who are deaf or blind and how the brain adapts to compensate for sensory loss.
Cognitive psychology as a dominant paradigm in psychology with a wide reach across different professions.
The structure of the video series, starting with a general talk, followed by syllabus material and deeper questions.
The videos are unofficial material provided by the university, aimed at helping students understand cognitive psychology better.
Cognitive psychology's relevance to future careers, regardless of the specific field one wishes to enter.
The importance of cognitive processes in various scenarios, from navigating a maze to focusing in a noisy environment.
The potential for cognitive psychology to contribute to the development of technology, such as robots navigating disaster sites.
The flexibility of the video content, allowing students to choose which sections to watch based on their interests.
Transcripts
hey guys welcome to the videos on
cognitive psychology so uh during uh
some of the study groups a few people
asked me if I could maybe upload my
slides uh to Blackboard uh so the
problem with uploading slides to
Blackboard is that each of the teachers
makes his or her own slides based on the
templates provided to us by the
department
so rather than just spending my time
trying to convince the department to
upload the templates and the guidelines
uh given to us as teachers I decided to
do something a little bit more
interesting um I will be uploading
videos to this account pertaining to
each of the four uh practicals and maybe
I'll add one or two additional videos
relating to our
topics um and also because it's not on
blackboard or within the context of a
classroom I can speak a little bit more
freely about the material itself so
these videos are technically not quote
official material provided by the
university um but it's more just
something that I'm doing uh to help you
guys understand some of the basics of
cognitive psychology a little bit
better um because it it really is a
wonderful field and I want you to finish
this course um having the feeling that
you genuinely learn something about
cognitive psychology and about
psychology in general um something that
you'll be able to apply later on in your
career uh regardless of what you
actually end up
doing so cognitive
psychology what is it about um the word
cognition
comes from the word coges in Latin
meaning to
know so in short cognitive psychology is
basically the psychology of how the
brain acquires knowledge and uses
knowledge to produce
behavior and this acquisition and use of
knowledge requires cognitive
processes so we acquire knowledge about
the world for example through um our
senses through perception our senses
take in
information and some cognitive process
might then select the interesting
relevant arousing information from this
continuous stream of
Sensations and uh we might then use the
relevant information to give some kind
of
response or we might store the
information for later use
we could take the information and
transform it manipulate it uh apply it
strategically to solve some kind of
problem or puzzle or to uh achieve some
kind of certain goal or
outcome um so this use of
information and cognitive processes
to uh reach a certain outcome can be
viewed very
broadly uh after after all a lot of
things can be considered information and
a lot of things can be considered goals
and outcomes uh the simplest of examples
is that you have some form of sensory
experience which we cons uh consider
your information and because of that
sensory experience you now want to
achieve uh some sort of
goal um for example you may experience
hunger and because of that experience
you decide to go eat something right um
but this works on different levels as
well uh for example learning to play an
instrument also involves getting
information from your senses in order to
reach the goal of playing a song um
winning at chess involves information
about the board and about strategies and
has the goal of winning the game um for
a child with social anxiety the goal of
making friends and and having simple
conversations um can be very difficult
because they have problems processing
social
information um treating a patient
involves getting information uh from the
patient through diagnosis and uh
continuously throughout the treatment
process in order to eventually
successfully achieve the goal of healing
the
patient um so in other words cognition
is basically everywhere uh and this is
especially true today in a world of big
data and uh the ubiquity of information
in all shapes and
sizes um so the field of co uh cognitive
psychology again is concerned with how
this information and how this
knowledge about the world is
gained selectively attended to stored in
memory
retrieved and uh internally
manipulated and um obviously also where
all of these processes can go
wrong um so these processes can take
place within a lab brat uh running
through a maze within a child uh
learning to walk and talk uh within a
person trying to focus on a specific
conversation in a loud bar or at a part
party um or even within a robot that is
trying to navigate a collapsed building
after some kind of disaster uh in order
to find survivors so that it can signal
uh the rescue team where to go um
cognition takes place within a person
suffering from depression and uh a lot
of research is dedicated to figuring out
how the cognitive processes are affected
within clinical
populations um uh I mean cognitive
processes also take place in people who
are deaf or blind and uh here as well a
lot of research and a lot of resources
are dedicated to figuring out how deaf
cognition works and how blind cognition
works and what the brain does in order
to compensate for the lack of certain
cognitive processes by adapting
different cognitive
processes um so because of all of
this cognitive
psychology is arguably perhaps the most
dominant Paradigm in Psychology
today uh cognitive psychology has a very
very wide reach so whether you want to
be a therapist
eventually uh whether you want to work
for some kind of marketing
agency uh whether you want to become a
researcher a social worker it really
doesn't matter what you want to do
eventually you will always require some
form of knowledge on cognitive
psychology
so here's how these videos are
structured I start off giving my general
talk on the topic for each of the
sessions as usual then we'll go through
some of the material relating to what's
in the syllabus and uh the experiments
that you guys did in the
practicals and finally we'll take a look
at some of the deeper questions at the
end of each chapter in the syllabus uh
so it's up to you to decide which of
these sections you uh actually want to
watch I just hope that they're
informative somehow uh and enjoy
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